Research Article
Vegetable Oil and Derivates Hydroprocessing Using Ni as Catalyst for the Production of Hydrocarbons
Table 1
Textural properties of the catalysts and supports.
| Catalyst | Surface area (BET) (m2/g) | Pore volume (cm³/g) | Pore size (Å) |
| Al2O3 | 222 | 0.45 (mesopores) | 78 | Ni/Al2O3 | 152 | 0.37 (mesopores) | 91 | Nb2O5 | 207 | 0.30 (mesopores) | 59 | Ni/Nb2O5 | 105 | 0.14 (mesopores) | 52 | Beta | 511 | 0.71 (mesopores) | 152 | 0.16 (micropores) | Ni/Beta | 373 | 0.33 (mesopores) | 42 | 0.12 (micropores) | HY | 708 | 0.08 (mesopores) | 35 | 0.27 (micropores) | Ni/HY | 534 | 0.11 (mesopores) | 25 | 0.21 (micropores) |
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